The Bad Music Giveaway: Insignia 4GB Pilot MP3 Player
Who wants a brand spanking new mp3/video/photo player? That's what I thought. Then here's what you have to do. Leave a comment telling me the song you hate the most and why. Yeah, it's that easy. I'll pick a random winner at the end of the day on Monday, February 4th and send it on out.
I've got to say, this is an awesome player. It retails for $130 and people say it's a much better product than the iPod nano. I can't keep it because my BlogHer ad agreement says I can't keep product review merchandise over $40 in value. Lucky you. My husband has a similar player and won't be parted from it. Here's some of the details about yours:
What's not to love? Now come on and tell me what songs make you die inside and why. A link to the song or YouTube music video wouldn't hurt either for those of us who don't habla music.
I've got to say, this is an awesome player. It retails for $130 and people say it's a much better product than the iPod nano. I can't keep it because my BlogHer ad agreement says I can't keep product review merchandise over $40 in value. Lucky you. My husband has a similar player and won't be parted from it. Here's some of the details about yours:
4GB internal flash storage to hold MP3 files, photos and videos.
2.4" LCD color display with wide viewing angles.
Built-in digital FM tuner with 20 presets. The player tells you the artist and track of any song you are listening to on the radio. Another cool thing about this is while you are listening to the radio, you can hit a button and it will "remember" the song you are listening to so you can find the music later.
Rechargeable battery provides up to 25 hours of playback time. No joke. People who bought this said that it really does live up to the 25 hour thing. It also has a built-in SD card expansion slot to expand your 4GB capacity.
PC and Mac compatible.1.6" tall, 3.3" long. Weighs in at 2.1 oz. You're jealous, aren't you.
The player comes with ear buds, USB and software. It also has two headphone jacks so you and your buddy can both dance to "Baby's Got Back" together. It is also Blue Tooth compatible so you can listen to your music on your Bluetooth headset (headset not included).
What's not to love? Now come on and tell me what songs make you die inside and why. A link to the song or YouTube music video wouldn't hurt either for those of us who don't habla music.
Comments
probably "Blue" by Eiffel 65...
I'm blue do ba dee do ba die....How much more lame can you get? the whole thing is about the color blue and I remember at the time it came out all of the highschool kids were SURE it was about Viagra. UGH.
for some reason I think of a dirty old man when ever I hear this song.
And anything by Yo Gabba Gabba.
Here's the link.
It the only time I actually would like to shoot any dog insight. I want to join Animal Control. I want to sic coyotes on puppies. There is nothing redeemable about this "song".
Serious? These people got a label and a contract?
If I ever find out who actually let the dogs out I will shoot them with one of those bear darts. woot woot.
First choice is "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega. Total ear worm that won't get out of your head for days so whatever you do, don't start singing "Doot doot do do..."
A very close second is that blasted "Christmas Shoes" song. Grrrrrrr...
hmmmm. I'm gonna go with All Star by Smash Mouth.
My husband found this on youtube through one of the many blogs he reads.
It's called I trusted you by Andy Kaufman.
Yeah it's funny, but it sucks once it's in your head and once your four or two year old starts singing it around the house.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSYV-nEE300
Or maybe: "She Bangs" by Ricky Martin.
Ewww.
Sorry about all the songs stuck in your head though, that's stinky.
Achy Breaky Heart -- Billy Ray Cyrus
I just threw up a little in my mouth.
Here's the YouTube video
This song seriously makes me want to poke my eyeballs out with a fork.
Whenever I hear that goofy little bells intro to that song,.... da, da, da.... da, da, da, da.. da, da... Woo-ah wo-ah-ah...
Kill me. Kill me now.
"Come take a ride in my beautiful balloon.."
It's awful. I think it's called beautiful balloon.
If you are not familiar with that tune, it would have to be "Kiss From Rose" by Seal.
"Christmas Shoes" and "Butterfly Kisses" always make me throw up a little.
I also have to second Cher's "Believe" song, or whatever, although it reminds me of the SNL sketch with Will Farrel and the other guy where they just do nothing but disco dance with their heads bobbing. The song grates, though.
Ooh, and does the intro song to Backyardigans count?
"Blinded By The Light"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=C6AFCJ1dLdg
Because how many times do you have to say "Revved up like a deuce" in 3 minutes and 47 minutes???
SIXTEEN.
SIX...TEEN!
I mean besides the fact that it totally sounds like he is singing something else.
Man that song makes my skin crawl
Heather O, that Celine Dion Titanic song... well, it is my husband and my "song" - played for our special dance at our reception. Among all the wedding hysteria we hadn't ever gotten around to telling the band what song we'd like, so they announced that it was our song, we get out on the floor, and they start playing that one. It actually turned out all right because the photographers got lots of pictures of us together laughing and looking hysterically happy as we dance together because we're both laughing so much that this song we can't stand is "our song."
- "Every Morning" by Sugar Ray
- "Push" by Matchbox 20
- I truly, madly, deeply hate Savage Garden's "Truly, Madly, Deeply"
- "Tubthumping" by Chumbawumba
- and ANYTHING by Nickelback, Creed, 3 Doors Down, and John Mayer.
1. Finger Eleven is a stupid name, really stupid.
2. It is played every 45 seconds on the radio, every time I see the name pop up on my radio it makes me very angry (though I do love my sirius radio!! I mocked my husband to no end for getting satellite radio...but then I had to eat my words. Crap.)
3. Do I really need a good reason?! I just hate it and I technically haven't even listened to the whole song.
4. See number 1.
And just to totally suck up (so you don't have a crappy song stuck in your head all weekend), my new favorite song - Mercy by Duffy.
ANI DIFRANCO
Wishin' and Hopin'
Originally by dusty springfield
Covered by Ani DiFranco in "My Best Friend's Wedding" soundtrack
Wishin', and hopin', and thinkin', and prayin',
Planning and dreamin' each night of his charms.
That won't get you into his arms
So if your're looking for love you can share
All you gotta to is hold him, and kiss him, and love him,
And show him that you care.
Show him that you care, just for him.
Do the things that he likes to do.
Wear your hair just for him, 'cause,
You won't get him, thinkin' and a prayin',
Wishin' and hopin'.
'Cause wishin', and hopin', and thinkin', and prayin',
Planning and dreamin' his kisses will start.
That won't get you into his heart!
So if you're thinking how great true love is
All you gotta to is hold him, and kiss him, and squeeze him, and love him.
Yeah, just do it!
And after you do, you will be his.
You gotta show him that you care just for him.
Do the things that he likes to do.
Wear your hair just for him, 'cause,
You won't get him, thinkin' and a prayin',
Wishin' and a hopin'.
'Cause wishin', and hopin', and thinkin', and prayin',
Planning and dreamin' his kisses will start.
That won't get you into his heart!
So if you're thinking how great true love is!
All you gotta to is hold him, and kiss him, and squeeze him, and love him.
Yeah, just do it!
And after you do, you will be his.
You will be his.
You will be his!
In other words, change everything about yourself, be fake, do whatever it takes and then you will BE HIS!
This song should be against the law.
Link to the article about what happened... yes, police got involved...
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2001/07/23/daily31.html
You Tube Video of the song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=387ZDGSKVSg
I wonder why some songs really drive us to the edge of insanity. We can always just turn the station off or go into a different room but inevitably, there are certain tunes or lyrics that just make us want to murder. Very strange.
Kels, that's a funny story about the radion station - a similar thing happened in Dallas about 10 years ago. The disc jokey was mad at his boss and locked himself in the sound booth and played "Barbie Girl" over and over for hours. I think all of Dallas was listening to that station all day waiting to see how it would all pan out. Consequently, I actually love that song now. Reminds me to stay sassy.
Keep the bad music coming, everyone! Hopefully this is a exercise in catharsis.
P.S. I tagged you.
Thanks!
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Why: "My lovely lady humps"? Really? You can't come up with a better euphemism than that? For reals? What person would want to hear 4 or 5 verses about someone's bum?
If you're going to listen to bad music, at least it should be funny, like The Fanny Pack Song or The Poop Song.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mony_Mony
It's just so awful that when I heard it I had to scoff that it had actually been put on a CD. Anyone who yells at me to go to prom with them and says that his moves are the best . . . Never mind. Just listen/watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQm5lDLqVOQ
i freaking hate that song.
So I couldn't think of JUST one so here are a few. (the ones that ,this morning are still going thru my head)
1. TO LEGIT by M.C. Hammer- you know, "To legit..., To legit to quit!" Hand movement and all!
2. ICE ICE BABY by Vanilla Ice- The into alone!!! ARRHHh!! And the video!
3. That Backpack song from Dora the Explorer! "Backpack,Backpack!Backpack,Backpack! YEAH!"
4. The Backyardigans Theme song and ENDING song! Stays with me all day!!
Funny though, because I'm sure someone else loves these songs. Should I be afraid to admit that I really like... even love some of the other songs listed here?
First, Rod Stewart's voice makes me constantly do these sympathy throat clearings, because it sounds like he's got a big (and I hate the word) loogie in his throat.
Second, I can't hear his voice without picturing his face. And I can't picture his face without picturing his hair, and well... that's just...disturbing.
The whole song gives me this dingy, dusty, orange-y 1970's feeling. It conjures up the same feelings I had when that kid in "The Sixth Sense" comes in and asks whether Haley Joel Osment wants to see where his dad keeps his gun. Then he turns around and the back of his head is all blown up.
Besides the fact that the lyrics are sung from the perspective of someone who is CLEARLY delusional about the possibility of future success in this relationship, the rhythm and stress patterns of each line ("KNOWING THAT you LIED straight-FACED while I CRIED") work like piercing arrows in my stomach, each one jabbing into a new spot before the pain of the previous one can fade.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1auRCameVY
The song that never ends
http://pop.youtube.com/watch?v=iXbBXDGvhRI
Why? If you ask this question you are definately not a parent. This is the kind of song kids love- mostly because singing it reduces their parents to tears.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cy5Xn42Ymo
A kid in high school used to start humming it during tests just to throw me off. I really hate it that much.
Dut duh duh, dut da duh duh...
Dangit Hollywood, it's going to drive me batty all weekend now.
This song is a favorite of my children. Its amazing how easily it will get stuck in my head after they've only played it 40 OR 50 TIMES IN A ROW!
Here's the you tube link for the video. The song doesn't start until about 2:19.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn73Wtem0No
However, I do need to agree with others about the Christmas shoes song. I've told my children that if I'm ever dying on Christmas eve, the LAST thing I want them to do is go out and buy me a pair of shoes. As soon as I hear the first few notes of this song on the radio, I turn it off.
*i'm already banging my head on the desk*
see i seriously need this prize so i can listen to real music and join the world of adults
BTW i was talking to hollywood last night and she was lamenting that she shouldn't have put this post up on a friday afternoon since no one would see it and people rarely come to the blog on weekends, etc. 66 comments later . . .
The Story, by Brandi Carlisle. It conjures the image of a coked up prostitute at a truck stop chain smoking and looking for work.
Bitch by Meredith Brooks. Why do so many women think of this as a sort of feminine anthem? I find it insulting in the first place, and her voice grates on me in the second.
I had a roommate who loved the song. It makes my skin crawl.
Here's a link if you want to torture yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VSuCtebBT0
When I was pregnant with my first child, my husband wanted to use this name if the baby was a girl. I reminded him that the song is talking about a barmaid! He said, "Yeah, cool huh?"
Fortunately, we have two boys.
But my all-time least favorite is probably "Do they know it's Christmas after all?" I mean, I know it was for charity, but I find it ethnocentric and sappy. And there's a line about how sad it is that it's not snowing, which I don't think it does in Africa, and frankly, it didn't snow much in Texas and I still knew it was Christmas. Plus, do the Affrican children need to celebrate Christmas in order to get our charity? I just think all those "great" (ahem) singers of the 80s could have done a lot better for their efforts. John Lennon's political-Christmas song is much less annoying (well, at least until the 10th time you've heard it in 2 days).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k12ZybN8vfc
Here is a sampling:
Just call me Cleopatra everybody, 'cause I'm the Queen of Denial Oh Queen of Denial, buyin' all his alibis Queen of Denial, floatin' down a river of lies
My vote for most loathed song: Last Christmas by Wham/George Michael. I so do not understand what in the world it has to do with Christmas.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ztZ7WFo3nw
The Titanic Song made me give up top 40 radio for three years. Once is ok. Ever fifteen minutes? Death. Death. Bleeding ears. Did I mention death? Ugh. Awful song.
Nothing is as excruciating as 360 Americans with bad accents trying to belt out traditional Mexican music. Mercifully the official MoTab website says it is no longer available for purchase. The description says, "1973 LP finds the Tabernacle Choir 'si habla Español' in this unique album." I have to snicker when the best they can say is "unique".
http://www.mormontabernaclechoir.org/products/product?product_id=171#desc
I can't find an audio sample of "La Bamba" but you can get a flavor for what it might sound like by listening to the 30 second clip of "Cielito Lindo" found here.
http://music.yahoo.com/track/39834288
"The Map" from Dora the Explorer.
Brian Reagan's version? Hilarious (even if I do end up singing it for days).
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7768496391956300354&q=enya+orinoco&total=398&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIVaUcE4kAM
Everybody run
the homecoming queen's got a gun
"You Spin me Round (Like a Record)"
Dead or Alive
You'll only get the full HATE effect if you watch the video too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMwdAc1Dzfg
I think I hate it because of 1) the whiny tune, and 2) the religious references mixed with true trailer park mentatility.
You can see for yourself. (I do have to say, though- pairing it with "Dukes of Hazzard" chase scenes makes it seem a little more cool, but don't be fooled.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcEjrxAGGCI
There is Sunshine in my Soul is a close second. Really? Smiling face? Really?
TKF
this is it...
ready???
THE THONG SONG
I don't even know the name of the song or if I have the artist right. But it's something like "Badonkadonk Bar" or something like that. I hate it. HATE. And I don't use that term loosely.
(S'mee, considering Ani DiFranco is a lesbian, and I'm guessing, a militant feminist, I think it's safe to assume she meant that song sarcastically. You want a beautiful Ani DiFranco song, try "You Had Time.")
I'm with Carolyn "Mony Mony" in any shape or form.
Any song by Yes.
Here's the
LINK!
no offense to those who bought barbies for halloween costumes.
HAVE YOU FORGOTTTTTTEEEEEEN.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-XoQG8HtVA
And of COURSE, Dead or Alive: You spin me around (like a record)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMwdAc1Dzfg
How people can get serious, or can be taken seriously (and not loose your mind in the listening-process) if you have any of this "treasures" in your CD player?
Shame on them!
Why is this the worst song in the world? Because despite my total loathing of it - it still gets stuck in my head!
I don't know if this will work, but here is a path to a clip of it.
http://www.spiralfrog.com/download/song/5576940/CourtesyOfTheRed,WhiteAndBlue(TheAngryAmerican)
yeah, I HATE that song
yeah, I HATE that song
I don't know who sings it or what it's really called, but that line is repeated and repeated. Whatever kind of hair it is, that is so disgusting.
"What's gonna work? Teeeaaaammwork!
What's gonna work? Teeeeaaamwork!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG90yGpUJig
"I don't care what my teachers say, I 'm gonna be a supermodel. I didn't eat yesterday, I didn't eat today, and I'm not gonna eat tomorrow because I'm gonna be a supermodel." Encouraging anorexia, lovely.
YUCK!
Oh it goes on and on my friends.
Some people started singing it not knowing what it was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because...
This is the song that never ends.
Oh it goes on and on my friends.
Some people started singing it not knowing what it was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because...
This is the song that never ends.
Oh it goes on and on my friends.
Some people started singing it not knowing what it was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because...
If you are unfamiliar with this tune, I would happily record my children singing it and save it to YouTube. You just need to let me know.
WHY IS THIS A CHRISTMAS SONG?
AAAARgh! And blech!
And as long as we are having fun, check this out. A friend posted it on her blog not that long ago and...wow. It made me laugh really, really hard.
I hate that one song by Uncle Kracker "follow me." isn't it about having an affair?
OK, basically anything by Tony Orlando.
Jump Around, by House of Pain. I lived in a house of pain. Remember all the screeching?
I think, though, that this song is the worst ever because if you watch the video, you want to poke out your own eyes. And once it's in your head, you want to poke out your mind's eye. So be warned.
Michael Jackson (naked, dressed as an angel, with wife Lisa Marie, who is also naked.) "You are not Alone."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgFKgmkgMGg